"CBS you pulled my song last week, now you wanna slide it back in this Thursday? NO, F--- you! Y'all are sad for penalizing me for this," she tweeted, adding, "The audacity..."

In a statement released last week, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus further explained the decision to Sports Illustrated saying, "It’s important to realize we are not overreacting to this story but it is as big a story as has faced the NFL. We thought journalistically and from a tone standpoint, we needed to have the appropriate tone and coverage. A lot of the production elements we wanted in the show are being eliminated because of time or tone.”

Although CBS did not mention it in their statement, Rihanna was the victim of a high-profile domestic violence case.